MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this significant new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
discusses
issues
relevant to open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Modern
advances in
digital education technology make it possible for
people
all around the world
to participate in classes online.
These massive open courses are
ordinarily free
for students but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are numerous
issues that
blended learning institutions
must deal with
now that online education technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can participants
ensure that
the schooling provided by these
MOOC classes is
passable?
How can participants
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today?
How can educators
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner attrition?
As e-learning technology becomes more
procurable there is a
growing
desire
to gain a better understanding of how
massive open online courses are being conducted.
Academics
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to understand
the outcomes of these
compelling new open educational
undertakings.
Corporations want
to gain more knowledge about how
massively open online courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
demand for
facts
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these massive online courses and other open education resource issues.
This authoritative new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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